Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Aarons And Ackley*	Almost Five O'Clock	You And I	00:10
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Aarons And Ackley*	N.F.S.	You And I	02:18
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Matt Lucas*	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Dave Gordon & Kay*	I Love That Hockey Team	I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow	03:07
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Matt Lucas*	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:22
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Matt Lucas*	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Alpha Centauri	Earth in Motion	ST	04:59
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

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Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

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Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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